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Data Engineer Interview Experience - Amsterdam, Netherlands

February 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Resume screening HR telephonic Hackerrank assignment Bluejeans coding interview

HR is only told to seek answers as PBs of data being ingested! HackerRanks is the ugliest way to conduct interviews for data engineering.

Questions

HR telephonic:

How much data do you "ingest" daily? HR has no clue of the differences between ingesting and processing. If you by chance say in GBs and TBs only and not PBs, you have just marred your fortunes for a free trip to the Netherlands.

Hackerrank: Most pathetic SQL questions. One ambiguous Python question which is very, very easy to solve.

Telephonic:

HR doesn't know the exact nature of the interview or what topics to prep for. They tell you SQL/Streaming/Data Structures and ask about 'Scala' functional programming crammed by heart!!

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the Booking.com Data Engineer role in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

Booking.com's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in Amsterdam, Netherlands is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive42%
Neutral17%
Negative42%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Booking.com's Data Engineer interview process in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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